KR101059910B1 - Washing machine with laundry dust removal function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a washing machine having a laundry dust removal function, and more particularly, to laundry laundry before drying and after drying in a drying rack of laundry, various laundry dusts of laundry, fiber dust, yellow dust, heavy metals, radioactive materials, and fine particles. It is designed to remove dust and other harmful bacteria easily, and it is configured to suck the laundry dust remaining in the drum and air mixed with various harmful dust when the drum is driven by using the turbo fan. The filter is filtered by the primary filter unit and the secondary filter unit without being discharged immediately, so that only the clean air can be discharged to the outside after various harmful dusts are collected, but the primary filter unit collecting dust can be cleaned. It relates to a washing machine having a laundry dust removal function configured to be detachable from.

Description

Washing Machine for Washing Dust Removal

The present invention relates to a washing machine having a function of removing and washing various laundry dusts after washing or drying the laundry drying rack.

In general, a washing machine is a device that allows washing to be performed by using a friction force of a rotating drum and laundry by receiving driving force from a driving unit while detergent, washing water, and laundry are put in a drum. And, pounding and rubbing is to make the laundry effect.

Among them, the drum of the drum washing machine is placed in a cylindrical state lying inside the housing, that is, the axial direction of the drum and the bottom surface of the installation space in which the washing machine is installed are installed in parallel, and the drum is rotated by the driving force of the driving means. The rotating shaft is installed so that it is possible.

In addition, the drum is provided with a plurality of dehydration holes in the cylindrical surface except the rear portion, in particular the rear portion is formed in a smooth and smooth structure, the inner surface of the drum a plurality of lifters extending in the axial direction corresponding to the axial length of the drum It is provided.

In the drum of the conventional general drum washing machine having the above-described configuration, when the drum is rotated by the driving force transmitted by the operation of the driving means, the laundry and the washing water introduced therein are caused by the action of the lifter according to the rotation of the drum. Ascending up to a predetermined height along the inner surface of the and then falling down, friction is generated between the laundry and the drum inner surface and the lifter while repeating this process, and washing is performed by the action of the friction and detergent.

However, in the case of such a washing machine, various fine dusts (washing dust, fiber dust, dust dust, heavy metals, radioactive materials, fine dust, other harmful bacteria, etc.) remain in the washing drum after washing, and due to such fine dust, The inside of the washing machine's drum may become dirty or bad smell may occur. When the washing machine is reused, the various fine dusts are washed together with the washing of new laundry. Antibacterial and clean laundry will not be.

In other words, a vicious cycle in which various dusts generated during washing are accumulated and accumulated in the drum is repeated. Furthermore, in the case of laundry worn by the elderly and children, fine dusts such as skin allergies and hives may be caused. There is an urgent need for the development of a washing machine that can be easily removed and then wearing a clean replica.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to remove various dust by the drive of the washing machine, a structure for sucking air and laundry dust in the drum through a turbo fan installed in the housing When washing dust in the drum is sucked, the washing dust remaining in the washing machine and the washing dust remaining in the air can be discharged to the outside of the washing machine by the primary filter unit. The present invention provides a washing machine with a new concept of washing dust removal function to allow the discharge of filtered air and at the same time, the dust filtered from the primary filter part has a desorption function so that the dust can be easily removed by the user.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the embodiments of the invention. Furthermore, the objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by means and combinations indicated in the claims.

The present invention as a means for solving the above problems, the laundry is introduced into the housing 10, the laundry strainer 21 is formed around the circumferential surface, the drum 20 is rotationally driven; A plurality of lifters 30 formed on the inner circumference of the drum 20 to be spaced apart from each other, and having a plurality of first dust suction holes 31 perforated in the longitudinal direction; An inhaler 40 in which the drum 20 is spaced apart from the drum 20 in the housing 10, and the second dust suction hole 41 is formed through the inner circumference; A turbo fan 50 installed in the housing 10 and driven to suck laundry dust in the washing tank; One end is in communication with the suction body 40, the other end is connected to the turbo fan 50, the first through the first and second dust suction inlet (31, 41) from the washing tank to filter the sucked laundry dust A filter unit 60; A secondary filter unit 70 installed at a rear end of the turbo fan 50 to filter dust in the air discharged from the turbo fan 50; Characterized in that consists of.

As described above, the present invention has the effect of removing the discharge to the outside by sucking the laundry dust at the same time as the operation of the drum after drying or before laundry drying racks.

In addition, the present invention by filtering the various inhaled dust is discharged to the outside of the washing machine, there is an effect that can prevent the air pollution generated by emitting various kinds of dust as it is.

In addition, the present invention is configured to be detachable to the first filter, there is an effect that can easily maintain the dust collecting effect of the first filter by always removing the dust collected in the first filter easily.

In addition, the present invention by easily inhaling and removing the various dust in the drum, the elderly and children with weak skin, including children have an effect that can be carried out comfortable and clean laundry that is not exposed to skin diseases due to washing dust and various dusts have.

1 is a front view of an embodiment showing a washing machine having a laundry dust removing function according to the present invention.
2 is an internal cross-sectional view of FIG.
Figure 3 is an internal perspective view of the washing machine having a laundry dust removing function according to the present invention.
Figure 4 is a front sectional view of an embodiment showing a primary filter unit according to the present invention.
Figure 5 is a plan cross-sectional view of one embodiment showing a dust collecting form of the primary filter unit according to the present invention.
6 is a perspective view of FIG. 4.
Figure 7 is a front view of another embodiment showing a washing machine having a laundry dust removing function according to the present invention.

Before describing the various embodiments of the present invention in detail, it will be appreciated that the application is not limited to the details of construction and arrangement of components described in the following detailed description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention can be implemented and carried out in other embodiments and can be carried out in various ways. In addition, device or element orientation (e.g., "front", "back", "up", "down", "top", "bottom" The expressions and predicates used herein with respect to terms such as ",""left","right","lateral", etc. are used merely to simplify the description of the present invention, and related apparatus. Or it will be appreciated that the element does not simply indicate or mean that it should have a particular direction. Moreover, terms such as "first" and "second" are used in the specification and the appended claims for purposes of illustration and are not intended to indicate or mean the relative importance or spirit.

The present invention has the following features to achieve the above object.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to the common or dictionary meanings, and the inventors should properly explain the concept of terms in order to best explain their own invention. Based on the principle that can be defined, it should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiment of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, various modifications that can be replaced at the time of the present application It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

Looking at one embodiment of the present invention, the laundry is installed in the housing 10, the laundry strainer 21 is formed around the circumferential surface, the drum 20 is driven to rotate; A plurality of lifters 30 formed on the inner circumference of the drum 20 to be spaced apart from each other, and having a plurality of first dust suction holes 31 perforated in the longitudinal direction; An inhaler 40 in which the drum 20 is spaced apart from the drum 20 in the housing 10, and the second dust suction hole 41 is formed through the inner circumference; A turbo fan 50 installed in the housing 10 and driven to suck laundry dust in the washing tank; One end is in communication with the suction body 40, the other end is connected to the turbo fan 50, the first through the first and second dust suction inlet (31, 41) from the washing tank to filter the sucked laundry dust A filter unit 60; A secondary filter unit 70 installed at a rear end of the turbo fan 50 to filter dust in the air discharged from the turbo fan 50; Characterized in that consists of.

In addition, the primary filter unit 60 is detachably installed at an inner circumferential upper front part or lower front part of the housing 10 to remove dust collected in the primary filter part 60. It is characterized by being removable to the outside of (10).

In addition, the primary filter part 60 is formed with a perforated opening 62 is in communication with the suction body 40 and the connecting pipe 67, the cylindrical so that the suction dust is rotated in the circumferential direction therein An upper space body 61 having a shape; A dust filter member 63 installed upright at the center of the upper space 61 to filter laundry dust flowing into the upper space 61 and rotating in the upper space 61 in a circumferential direction; Characterized in that it comprises a lower space body 65 for connecting the lower end of the dust filter member 63 and the turbo fan 50 to the discharge pipe 68.

Hereinafter, a washing machine having a laundry dust removing function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

The washing machine having a laundry dust removing function of the present invention includes a drum 20, a lifter 30, a suction body 40, a turbo fan 50, a primary filter unit 60, and a secondary filter unit 70. do.

The drum 20 is installed in the housing 10 having a rectangular cylindrical shape, and has a cylindrical shape. The drum 20 is laid horizontally so that the cylindrical central axis is horizontal with the ground, and laundry is introduced into the drum 10. .

In addition, the drum 20 is connected to the driving means (ex: motor) 11 installed in the housing 10 by the rotation shaft 12, and is rotated by the rotational force of the driving means (11).

In addition, the circumference of the circumferential surface of the drum 20 is formed on the inner circumferential portion of the drum 20 in which a plurality of laundry strain nets 21 are spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of laundry strain nets 21 are not formed. A plurality of lifters 30 protruding in the longitudinal direction toward the inside are formed.

Such, the laundry filter net 21 formed in the drum 20 is to allow various dust generated by the falling operation of the laundry falling from the top to the bottom by the rotation of the drum 20 can be discharged to the outside of the drum 20.

In addition, in the case of the housing 10 in which the drum 20 is built-in, the drum 20 through the inlet 1 through which the laundry is introduced or the vent part 3 (the turbofan 50 to be described later) on the surface of the housing 10. In order to suck air in the air), it is natural to form the air flow path into the housing 10 so that the outside air can be introduced into the drum 20. ) According to various embodiments of the user should be able to be opened and closed (closed when washing laundry, open when sucking the various dust in the drum).

The lifter 30 is such that when the drum 20 is rotated, the laundry is caught and falls within the drum 20 so that the dust is generated by the dropping, such as in the longitudinal direction of the lifter 30. The plurality of first dust suction openings 31 are spaced apart from each other and are formed to be perforated toward the outside of the drum 20.

That is, when the laundry dust in the drum 20 is sucked through the turbo fan 50 to be described later, fine laundry dust (fiber dust, yellow dust, heavy metals, radioactive materials, fine dust, other harmful bacteria, etc.) in the drum 20 may be used. ) Is sucked through the first dust suction port 31 to exit to the outside of the drum 20.

In addition, although the inside of the lifter 30 is shown to be empty in the present invention, the laundry dust sucked through the first dust suction port 31 of the lifter 30 is the second dust suction port (of the suction body 40). 41, the first dust suction hole 31 may penetrate the lifter 30 in the width direction in a state where the inside of the lifter 30 is filled according to an embodiment of the user. It may be implemented.

The suction body 40 is installed on the outside of the drum 20 described above, and has a shape of a ring cross section with both ends open, and allows the drum 20 to be insulted.

In this case, the suction body 40 is installed inside the housing 10 so as to be spaced apart from the suction body 40 and the drum 20 installed in the suction body 40.

In addition, the suction body 40 allows the second dust suction opening 41 to be formed through the entire inner circumference, and after washing dust is sucked through the first dust suction opening 31 in the drum 20, It is to be sucked into the empty space (alpha) formed in the suction body 40 through the second dust suction opening 41 of the suction body 40 between the drum 20 and the suction body 40. (I.e., as shown in FIG. 3, the suction body 40 has a perforated second dust suction hole 41 formed in the entire inner circumference and has a predetermined thickness, and the suction body 40 has a predetermined thickness. By forming an empty space (α) inside the thickness portion, the laundry dust sucked through the second dust suction opening 41 can be moved to the empty space (α).)

(Of course, in the present invention, since the suction of air and laundry dust through the turbo fan 50, which will be described later, the drum 20 should be rotated so that the laundry is generated by dust falling.)

The turbo fan 50 is installed in the housing 10 and driven to suck laundry dust. The turbo fan 50 includes a driving body (eg, a motor) 52 and the driving body 52. It should consist of a rotating body (ex: fan) (51) rotated by.

In addition, the turbo fan 50 is not intended to blow air into the drum 20, but on the contrary, it should be a method of sucking laundry dust and discharging it to the outside. In order to suck the laundry dust, the air in the drum 20 is sucked. Of course, since it should be suctioned, the washing dust is the washing dust remaining in the drum 20 before and after washing, the washing dust generated in the laundry dropped in the drum 20 by the rotation of the drum 20, The drum 20 refers to all the laundry dust contained in the air.

Of course, according to an embodiment of the user, a control device capable of controlling the speed and on / off of the turbofan 50 may be electrically connected to the turbofan 50, and the control device may be adjusted. Naturally, a control device (such as a button device) is provided on the front surface of the washing machine so that the user may control the driving of the turbo fan 50 through the control device.

As described above, the primary filter unit 60 passes through the first dust suction port 31 of the drum 20 and the second dust suction port 41 of the suction body 40, and sucks the drum ( 20) to filter the washing dust in, it is installed in the housing 10, one end is in communication with the suction body 40, the other end is to be connected to the turbo fan (50).

In detail, the primary filter unit 60,

If the inside has a hollow cylindrical shape, but the periphery of the entry port 62 to the outer periphery, the entry port 62 through the tubular connector 67 of the suction body (40) The upper space 61 which is in communication with the empty space α of the suction body 40 so that the laundry dust sucked through the second dust suction port 41 and moved to the empty space α is sucked in. ), A dust filter member 63 which is installed upright in the inner center of the upper space 61, and has a cylindrical shape similar to the upper space 61, and is installed corresponding to the lower end of the upper space 61. The lower space 65 connects the outlet 64 formed at the lower end of the dust filter member 63 to the turbofan 50 through the discharge pipe 68. (Of these, the dust filter member 63 is a variety of materials, such as polyurethane, micro fibers, non-woven fabric can be used according to various embodiments.)

That is, the laundry dust sucked through the first and second dust suction openings 31 and 41 sequentially through the turbo fan 50 is introduced into the upper space 61 through the connecting pipe 67 and is introduced. The laundry dust is filtered in the dust filter member 63 while rotating around the dust filter member 63 in the upper space 61 in the circumferential direction, and the laundry dust is filtered while passing through the dust filter member 63. The compressed air moves to the turbofan 50 through the discharge pipe 68 installed in the lower space 65.

In addition, the upper space 61 is the inner circumferential upper front portion of the housing 10 to remove the dust collected in the dust filter member 63 and to replace or clean the dust filter member 63 It is to be detachably installed on the lower front portion, and, on one side of the upper space body 61, a handle 66 is formed to take out the upper space body 61 through the handle 66 from the front of the user's washing machine. Remove the collected dust and fasten it to the washing machine for use again.

In addition, the upper space 61 is configured in the upper portion is opened, so that the upper portion is sealed by the housing 10 when inserted into the housing 10, or a separate cover (not shown) the primary filter The upper end of the upper space 61 may be configured to be openable and closed by a hinge coupling to the upper part of the part 60.

The secondary filter unit 70 is connected to the rear end of the turbo fan 50 inside the housing 10, and the other end is connected to the rear of the housing 10, through the above-described primary filter unit 60. When discharging the air from which the washing dust is removed to the outside of the washing machine, the fine dust or the remaining washing dust in the air sucked through the turbo fan 50 is once again filtered to discharge the washing machine (more specifically, the housing 10). It is for.

In addition, the upper space 61 and the lower space 65 may be configured to be integrated with each other, or may be configured to be separated from each other, the upper space 61 and the lower space ( 65, a plurality of communication holes 69 for communicating the upper and lower spaces 61 and 65 communicate with each other, and the laundry dust introduced into the upper space 61 is discharged by the dust filter member 63. At the same time it is collected, the lower space 65 is introduced into the lower space 65 through the communication hole 69 to be accumulated in the lower space 65.

In addition, the above-described turbo fan 50, the primary filter unit 60, the secondary filter unit 70 is the inner bottom of the drum 20, as shown in Figure 2, in the housing 10 7, according to a user's embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the water draining portion of the drum 20 may be installed on the inner upper end of the drum 20 so that the washing water is washed. In the case of various drum washing machines installed at the lower end of the housing 10 in which the fan 50, the primary filter unit 60, and the secondary filter unit 70 are installed, the upper portion of the housing is avoided as shown in FIG. 7. Install it. That is, it will be obvious that the present invention can be applied to various washing machines.

Reference numeral 2 in the drawings, which is not described in the above detailed description, refers to the operation portion.

Such, the use of a washing machine having a laundry dust removal function of the present invention will be expressed as virtual reality.

After the housewife in the apartment completes the washing with the drum washing machine, the laundry is taken out and dried on the porch laundry rack.

Next to the veranda drying rack, there is an electronic device having a similar appearance to a washing machine and a smaller scale than a conventional drum washing machine. This is a washing machine having a laundry dust removing function of the present invention, which not only washes, but also removes laundry dust. Eggplant is a washing machine.

After a certain time, the laundry is dried in the drying rack, and the housewife operates the washing machine having the laundry dust removing function of the present invention to remove various laundry dusts of the dried laundry. Thus, the washing machine of the present invention is rotated at a speed that the drum is not fast while making a hum, the housewife puts the laundry dried in the laundry drying rack through the inlet on the bottom of the washing machine and closes the inlet.

After that, the washing machine of the present invention operates for a predetermined time (ex: 5 minutes) while the operation of the washing machine stops at a predetermined time by the user, and the housewife opens the slot and opens the laundry where the suction of the washing dust is completed. Take it out and put it in the dresser.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated by the limited embodiment and drawing, this invention is not limited by this, The person of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, Various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

10: housing 11: drive means
12: rotating shaft 20: drum
21: laundry strainer 30: lifter
31: first dust suction opening 40: suction body
41: second dust intake 50: turbo fan
51: rotating body 52: driving body
60: primary filter unit 61: the upper space
62: entrance port 63: dust filter member
64: outlet 65: lower space body
66: Handle 67: Connector
68: discharge pipe 69: communication hole
70: secondary filter unit

Claims (3)

The laundry 10 is installed in the housing 10, the laundry is introduced, the laundry filter net 21 is formed around the circumferential surface, the drum 20 is driven to rotate;
A plurality of lifters 30 formed on the inner circumference of the drum 20 to be spaced apart from each other, and having a plurality of first dust suction holes 31 perforated in the longitudinal direction;
An inhaler 40 in which the drum 20 is spaced apart from the drum 20 in the housing 10, and the second dust suction hole 41 is formed through the inner circumference;
A turbo fan 50 installed in the housing 10 and driven to suck laundry dust in the washing tank;
One end is in communication with the suction body 40, the other end is connected to the turbo fan 50, the first through the first and second dust suction inlet (31, 41) from the washing tank to filter the sucked laundry dust A filter unit 60;
A secondary filter unit 70 installed at a rear end of the turbo fan 50 to filter dust in the air discharged from the turbo fan 50;
Washing machine having a laundry dust removal function, characterized in that consisting of.
The method of claim 1,
The primary filter unit 60
Removably installed in the inner peripheral upper front portion or the lower front portion of the housing 10,
Washing machine having a laundry dust removal function, characterized in that removable to the outside of the housing 10 to remove the dust collected in the primary filter (60).
The method of claim 1,
The primary filter unit 60
An upper opening 61 having a cylindrical shape so that the inlet 62 communicating with the suction body 40 and the connecting pipe 67 is formed therein, and the laundry dust sucked therein can be rotated in the circumferential direction;
A dust filter member 63 installed upright at the center of the upper space 61 to filter laundry dust flowing into the upper space 61 and rotating in the upper space 61 in a circumferential direction;
A lower space body 65 for connecting the lower end of the dust filter member 63 to the turbo fan 50 through an outlet pipe 68;
Washing machine having a laundry dust removal function, characterized in that consisting of.

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